| Working gas in underground storage, lower 48 states Summary textCSVJSN |
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|
Historical Comparisons |
Stocks
billion cubic feet (Bcf) |
|
Year ago
(03/21/13) |
5-Year average
(2009-2013) |
| Region |
03/21/14 |
03/14/14 |
net change |
implied flow |
|
(Bcf) |
% change |
(Bcf) |
% change |
| East |
356 |
|
|
395 |
|
|
-39 |
|
|
-39 |
|
|
|
720 |
|
|
-50.6 |
|
|
775 |
|
|
-54.1 |
|
|
| West |
164 |
|
|
167 |
|
|
-3 |
|
|
-3 |
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
-51.0 |
|
|
293 |
|
|
-44.0 |
|
|
| Producing |
376 |
|
|
391 |
|
|
-15 |
|
|
-15 |
|
|
|
739 |
|
|
-49.1 |
|
|
754 |
|
|
-50.1 |
|
|
| Salt |
65 |
|
|
62 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
178 |
|
|
-63.5 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
-54.5 |
|
|
| Nonsalt |
311 |
|
|
329 |
|
|
-18 |
|
|
-18 |
|
|
|
560 |
|
|
-44.5 |
|
|
611 |
|
|
-49.1 |
|
|
| Total |
896 |
|
|
953 |
|
|
-57 |
|
|
-57 |
|
|
|
1,795 |
|
|
-50.1 |
|
|
1,822 |
|
|
-50.8 |
|
|
|
Summary
Working gas in storage was 896 Bcf as of Friday, March 21, 2014, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 57 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 899 Bcf less than last year at this time and 926 Bcf below the 5-year average of 1,822 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 419 Bcf below the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 39 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 378 Bcf below the 5-year average of 754 Bcf after a net withdrawal of 15 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 129 Bcf below the 5-year average after a net drawdown of 3 Bcf. At 896 Bcf, total working gas is below the 5-year historical range.
Note: The shaded area indicates the range between the historical minimum and maximum values for the weekly series from 2009 through 2013.
Source: Form EIA-912, "Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report." The dashed vertical lines indicate current and year-ago weekly periods.